A Glimpse!

Well well well, the past week has really been an exciting one. And now sitting in front of my laptop in my room with alphabets pouring on the screen as per my wish is no less than heaven! :) The last weekend gave a kickstart to this fabulous week. On my journey to Chandigarh sans any companion, my best co-traveller gave me the best time. A book.


With a book been added to my, books-I've read list, I feel happy and richer. :) Finished with a page-turner novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. A great book by many measures is full of themes that touch all humanity- love, friendship, redemption, cruelty. Totally gave me a wow feel. The Kite Runner looks at how the main character, Amir, deals with a secret in his past and how that secret shaped who he became. It tells of Amir's childhood friendship with Hassan, his relationship with his father and growing up in a privileged place in society. I was drawn in by Amir's voice. I sympathized with him, cheered for him and felt angry with him at different points. Similarly, I became attached to Hassan and Soraya too. The characters became real to me, and it was difficult for me to put the book down and leave their world. Amir, being a writer, as the story unfolds, has been the one who caught my immense admiration at some point of time. Specially the first story that he wrote really made me go ":o". His past and present thoughts were wonderfully beaded into words. The story goes as:

There was a poor man and incidently he found some kinda magic lamp. And whenever the tear dropped into that magic lamp, they turned into pearls. Usually the man was a happy-go-lucky person. But when he discovered about this magic secret, he started "using" it. The story ended with the poor turned super rich man, richly dressed with a knife in his hand and crying over his wife's dead body.

To this, when his friend Hassan heard it, he asked Amir about why was the misery depicted by his wife's death, although tears can also be produced by onions! Amir was stunned and so was I. Amir writing had this element because of absence of his father's wife in his life. To this, I realized, writing truly helps to take out inner feelings which might not even have be approached so far.

Continuing, another of the few best and touching lines I came across while my journey of Amir's life was:

"There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood."

Reading this, I actually got an insight of what actually happened during Taliban period and the situation in Pakistan. And another quote that truly is linked up with this novel would be none other than :

"For you, a thousand times over."

It has been beautifully used at two different places in the book. While being echoed many a times. Gives a real essence of love and care.

And hence tryst with Amir and Hassan went pretty well. Following the trend, didn't think of anything except the book for a couple of days. That was exactly how my week started. The kick start was inevitably great! :) Same routine followed. Less classes and hence I devoted much of my time to friends. Love the connections to be at peace. :) Creative sector was nutured, preparing gift for a friend and hence loved putting in an effort. Eagerly waiting to discover more "Best days of My life". :)